seguin just isn't ready to play center yet. we need to get over it. Here is what I would like.

Lucic - Krejci - Jagr

Marchand - Bergeron - Seguin

Peverley - Kelly - Horton

Paille - Campbell - Caron

Isn't there somewhere else we can put/hide/bury Lucic? I'm not a huge fan of any the crap I'm about to suggest, but he's been killing that first line for a while now and I'd support almost anything to get him off there. Can he play right wing on the second (or third) and have Seguin on the first line playing left? Or maybe Jagr can play left wing on the 1st line? Too much of adjustment for Seguin/Jagr? Anything else? ANYTHING!?

When I first read your thread name I thought, "CJ's liable to get down on his knees and bl## him. He is so valuable and key to playoff success. Saw somewhere today that Kudo said Bergy was doing battle drills in practice and he's traveling with the team. so now its a matter of if he is his old self quickly or does he have a concussion hangover?

seguin just isn't ready to play center yet. we need to get over it. Here is what I would like.

Lucic - Krejci - Jagr

Marchand - Bergeron - Seguin

Peverley - Kelly - Horton

Paille - Campbell - Caron

Isn't there somewhere else we can put/hide/bury Lucic? I'm not a huge fan of any the crap I'm about to suggest, but he's been killing that first line for a while now and I'd support almost anything to get him off there. Can he play right wing on the second (or third) and have Seguin on the first line playing left? Or maybe Jagr can play left wing on the 1st line? Too much of adjustment for Seguin/Jagr? Anything else? ANYTHING!?

What's wrong with Lucic? What, one goal in 24 games which he scored whilst on the 3rd line not good enough for ya?

Two things that seem to have worked better than you might have expected: Campbell centering Jagr and Marchand and Seguin with Peverley and Paille or Caron. Send Campbell back to the fourth to play with Kelly and Thornton or whoever, and let those top three lines see if they can work it out. Like the speed of a Seguin-Peverley-Paille line. Like the potential chemistry between Marchand-Bergeron-Jagr.

seguin just isn't ready to play center yet. we need to get over it. Here is what I would like.

Lucic - Krejci - Jagr

Marchand - Bergeron - Seguin

Peverley - Kelly - Horton

Paille - Campbell - Caron

Isn't there somewhere else we can put/hide/bury Lucic? I'm not a huge fan of any the crap I'm about to suggest, but he's been killing that first line for a while now and I'd support almost anything to get him off there. Can he play right wing on the second (or third) and have Seguin on the first line playing left? Or maybe Jagr can play left wing on the 1st line? Too much of adjustment for Seguin/Jagr? Anything else? ANYTHING!?

What's wrong with Lucic? What, one goal in 24 games which he scored whilst on the 3rd line not good enough for ya?

I would keep Lucic demoted on the third line: According ro Darren Dreger and Bob McKenzie Carl Soderberg is a "Legit #2 Center / top-6, 2-way" forward in the NHL. Being that these two gentlemen know their scouting I am going to plug in Soderberg with Krejci, at least for a period. Although, this move has a lot more to do with Lucic's play than Soderberg himself.

Soderberg-Krejci-Jagr

Marchand-Bergeron-Seguin

Lucic-Kelly-Horton

Paille-Campbell-Peverly

I feel Kelly's work ethic and 2-way game will push Horton and Lucic. Also see Soderberg's so-called "2-way" game meshing in well with two offensively skilled guys.

Marchand and Jagr seemed to have something and Jagr can't roll with Lucic cause both are careless in their own end. Other lines have at least one familiar pairing Bergy w/ Seguin; Pevs w/ Kelly and Paille w/ Campbell AND NO THORNTON, CARON OR PANDOLFO.

Marchand and Jagr seemed to have something and Jagr can't roll with Lucic cause both are careless in their own end. Other lines have at least one familiar pairing Bergy w/ Seguin; Pevs w/ Kelly and Paille w/ Campbell AND NO THORNTON, CARON OR PANDOLFO.

Assuming health and no struggles in net, that is a Cup contender!

Some damn good lines with or without the Yeti. Makes me excited about the post-season.